Cost-effectiveness of routine screening for critical congenital heart disease in US newborns

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Peterson, Cora ^a   Grosse, Scott D ^a   Oster, Matthew E ^a,b   Olney, Richard S ^a   Cassell, Cynthia H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Costs and cost analysis; Neonatal screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; UNITED STATES;

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; NEONATAL SCREENING;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OXIMETRY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884538702     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0332     Document Type: Article

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